Myriad Ways
Some Possible Ways to Use the Internet in Your Classroom

1. To find lesson plans

MarcoPolo: click on MarcoPolo Search to find great lesson plans
Columbia Education Center (CEC) Lesson Plans
Schoolhouse: Encarta Lesson Collection
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC): Web Links: scroll down for lesson plans and more
DiscoverySchool Lesson Plans
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Teachers: Lesson Plans
Inquiry Units: Teaching and Learning Resources: "These units are dynamic, living examples of the inquiry process." (Be patient; the page takes a while to load.)

2. To extend the teaching of novels

CyberGuides: "supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature."
Children's Literature Web Guide
 

3. To participate in telecollaborative projects

ePals
Judi Harris' Virtual Architecture: Curriculum-Based Telecomputing Projects & Resources: many great project connections and ideas; click first on "Indexes to Online Projects and Activities;" recommended: Global SchoolNet, I*EARN
 

4. For reference tools and resources

Biographies
BrainPOP: "BrainPOP movies demystify Science, Biology and Technology topics"
CIA World Factbook
CNN Interactive
Fact Monster (from Information Please): an atlas, almanac, dictionary and encyclopedia, and more!
How Things Work
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Yahooligans! News

"Sites du Jour" (Kelly, Deirdre. "Teacher-to-Teacher." Classroom Connect. March 2002.)
Word Central from Merriam Webster (click on Daily Buzzword)
Astronomy Picture of the Day
History Channel: This Day in History
The History Net
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Pet of the Day
Quote of the Day and Cool Quotes
Today's Date (about the numbers in the day's date)
Today's Space Fact (space fact is located at the bottom righthand corner of this page)
The Pun of the Day Site
This Day in Musical History
Congress.Org
The Political Site of the Day
 

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